The Millions

Back in January, I took a look at some of the “most anticipated” books of the year. Well, those books are old news now, but there are some great-looking books on the way. September and October in particular are looking pretty stacked. Please share any relevant links or books I may have missed.

July:

• Gallatin Canyon by Thomas McGuane (New Yorker interview)
• Talk Talk by T.C. Boyle (Boyle’s blog)
• The Driftless Area by Tom Drury (Drury’s story “Path Lights“)
• The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk (a new translation, thanks Bud)
• America’s Report Card by John McNally (Thanks Dan)
• The Judas Field by Howard Bahr (Thanks J.D.)

August:

• Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami (list of stories)
• Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell (Thanks Dan)
• Brief Encounters with Che Guevara by Ben Fountain (thanks Stephan)

September:

• Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood
• The Dissident by Nell Freudenberger (Her first novel; following up her collection, Lucky Girls)
• All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones (very excited about this one – the title story appeared in the New Yorker.)
• A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon (a first look at the book)
• The Road by Cormac Mccarthy (a first look)
• After This by Alice McDermott (PW Review [scroll down])
• Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (thanks Dan)
• Smonk by Tom Franklin (thanks Dan)
• Dead in Desemboque by Eddy Arellano (Thanks Laurie)

October:

• One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson (sequel to Case Histories)
• What is the What by Dave Eggers (based on a true story, excerpted in The Believer – Part 1, 2, 3)
• Lay of the Land by Richard Ford (The third Frank Bascombe novel – I wrote about it last year.)
• Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier (A big enough deal that the announcement of a publication date came as an Entertainment Weekly exclusive.)
• Restless by William Boyd (A World War II novel)
• The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits
• Golem Song by Marc Estrin (thanks Dan)
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke (Thanks Laurie)

November:

• The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro (The title story was in the New Yorker)
• Soon the Rest Will Fall by Peter Plate (Thanks Laurie)
• The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross (Thanks Laurie)

December:

• Untitled Thomas Pynchon novel (as confirmed by Ed.)

January 2007:

• Zoli by Colum McCann
• Flora Segunda by Ysabeau Wilce (Thanks Laurie)

February 2007:

• Knots by Nuruddin Farah (based on “Farah’s own recent efforts to reclaim his family’s property in Mogadishu, and his experiences trying to negotiate peace among the city’s warlords.”)

May 2007:

• The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon (Posts about the book: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Addenda: Books suggested in the comments are being added above.